Manifolding assembly



June 20,1944. w, STONE MANIFOLDING ASSEMBLY Filed Dec. 3, 1942Iwzrenifaz:

6. IJTOHE Patented June 20, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

2,352,134: s 7' Y I MANIFOLDING) AssE'MBLY I 7 William G.Stone,.Washing'ton', llt aiassi gnorto P c fic Manifoldi Bo le.ymnanynlnc-ll eryville, Calii'l, a corporation or Delaware;

Application December 3, 142,"'S 'efial1o; 467,711;

' 5Claims. (01. $2 24?) f v s This invention .relates to improvements inmanifolding assemblies embodyin fplurality of record leaves with aninterleavedtransfer leaf or leaves, all bound together ina unitaryassembly. More particularly, the invention relates to an improvedassembly of this type .that is 0on structed and arranged toserve as anauxiliary assembly that can be readily attached after inscription toother record sheets or assemblies to serve in connection with the latterin various accounting operations; such as the supplying of supplementarydata, instructions, explanatory matter and the like, to be used inconnection with the data of the said record sheets or assemblies.

It is ag-en'eral object of the invention to m vide a manifoldingassemblyof the class men+ tioned having an improved construction andarrangement'of record and transfer leaves, whereby the assembly servingas an auxiliary assent; bly carrying the supplementary data, instruc+tions, etc. can be readily attached to. the'face of another record leafor record assembly, either as -a completeunit with the re'oord and transfer; leaves assembled intact so as to ,re'ceivesup ple'mentalinscriptions, or whereby'the individ-' 'ual record leaves can besimilarly atta'chedafter they have been separated from theauxiliaryassembly. A s

A further and more particular object of the invention is to provide amanifolding assembly Of the class mentioned wherein one or more of therecord leaves has attaching extensions at the free ends thereof providedwith attaching means, such as adhesive on the back sides or surfacesthereof, whereby the completeassembly or the detached record leaves canbe very quickly and easily attached to the face of another recordassembly or record leaf. it Still another object of the invention is toprovide a record assembly of the class mentioned having an improvedattaching construction and arrangement for attaching the assembly, orthe separated leaves thereof, to another assembly or leaf andhaving aselective gripformation at the free I adhesi'vely' coated attachingextensions thereof positioned outside of theadjacen't edge of thetransfer leaf and being, free of adhesive coating so as to avoidsoilingthe' fingers.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a manifolding assemblyof the class men'- tioned, an improved adhesive attaching arrangementwherein the-free endsof the record leaves are arranged fanned .orshingled. relation whereby the adhesive may bemore expeditiously apnea;during manufacture and more expeditious ly moistened during use of theassembly for attachment in position on thefac'e of other record sheetsor record assemblies. V s

to another feature of improvement of the auxiliaryn'ranifoldingassembly, the blank forms? or record receiving spaces of the recordleaves are arranged in superposed registry so as to receive thetransferinscriptions, while the weakened severance lines for detaching the rec-,0rd leaves from the assembly are arranged in ee i ee n h as t m e ed? fr t s ngled attached extensions an'dto provide for detac edrecord-leaves of substantially the same length. v

1 Other objects or the invention willbe new pointedout in the followingdetailed description I f n il u tr ive but ref ed mba dim n of theinvention,and will be in part obvious as the h ep qw s, K 1

, .ilThHi i nt foriia cq n v em r e th .i tures of construction,combination of elements, nd a a ment f Pa s w w l e. enema 1 h -we twardh r naf er Set forth and the scope of the application of which l be nd ad myt s c ai s? 1 For o cq h n$iv1 'sclo r 101 th tur m iectse dedeseipthe i ven on. referen i had o; he fe low. 1 det ile escription; andto the accompanying drawing in i 1 1 t, a ia d agr mm t c vp; prspective view of a maniiold'ing' assembly embodying'the invention i 7Fig; 12 is a view similar to l ig. 1 but showing e. a e b bottom s deup: an

Fig. 3 is apartially diagrammatic longitudinal vertical section takensubstantially through the central portion of Fig. I s i V V v In all ofthe different views or, the drawin h w ns. has ee made part al ia amatic so as to reveal the struct e: more olearly. 'Ijothi's end, therecord and transfer leaves are shown asabnormally separated from eachother. In the assembly as actually constructed, it will be understoodthat the record and transfer leaves lie closely together incohtacjti'ngjrelation and that the adhesive bindings' jfor theleaves areverythin and usually formed bylighteoating'sof adhesive material,sothatj these adhesive bindings have very little bulk ortldcknes's.

Referring. t fihiefid ia e' r? d ta l d d senpnon of the illu trativeembo iment; ortne il'v t pn SHQW' r we. mb te ni fl mg assembly 5includes" a plurality bf record transfer leaf 8, one such transfer leafbeing pro vided for each copy record leaf, whereby v a carbon copy ismade on each copy record leaf of the inscriptions made on the topororiginalrecord leaf. The carbon or transfer'material as {shown isprovided only on the under surfaces of the' transfer leaves as indicatedat 9, but theupper surfaces of the transfer leaves may be coated if sodesired so as to transfer the inscriptions to the; back surfaces ofoneor morev of the-record leaves. ;Eac h transfer leaf 8 is bound intothe can; be easilyfed into; the typewriting and similarwritingniachines.

.. At,the end oredge' portion of the assembly oppositeto the binding 1the record and transfer leaves have free end portions, and the ends ofthe record leaves project beyond the adjacent ends of the; transferleaves. This provides a selective g 'p formation extending across thefree end of the assembly. whereby the projecting ends of; the .recordleaves can be gripped without, at the same time, gripping and engagingthe transferleaves The transfer leaves preferably terminateatthei'rffree ends at substantially equal distancesfrom the binding .1,while the projecting ends of the record leaves terminate at successivelygreater distances fromthe binding stub,

reckoningfrom'the lowermost record leaf 6. This arrangement of the freeends of the record leaves provides a,fanned or shingled relation, theprogressively longer free end portions of the leavesproviding-attachingextensions H. The shortest attaching extension I l ison the lowermost record leaf 6, the extensions increasing in lengthprogressively upwardly sothatthe longest attaching extension'is at thetop of the. assembly onthe original, record leaf. Each attachingextension' H is coatedon'its back side or under surface with a strip ofadhesive -l2 preferably extending substantiallyto the outer or end edgeof each leaf. Thus, the strip or band of adhesive-for each attachingextension is exposed downwardly. Also, as shown in Fig.2, each band ofadhesive I2 is preferably "discontinuousas indicated at l3. Inthismanner'a portion of the selective grip formation is free of adhesivematerial so as to avoid soiling'the fingers under certain conditions of.use. I

LEach record leaf 6 is preferably provided on its upper surfaces with ablank form or inscription receiving f spacefil l. These blank forms Mare arranged in"superposed" registry in all of the top edges of theforms terminate at the points I5 and the bottom edges of the formsterminate at the points l6.

Each record leaf 6 is provided with a transverse weakened severance lineI! formed in any well known manner as by perforating, scoring, slitting,or the like. The severance lines I! of the record leaves'arerespectively positioned at the same distances from the'free ends ofthe record leaves so that the overall lengths of the leaves when severedalong the weakened lines are the same. In other words, as clearly shownin the drawing, the severance lines are positioned at var'yingdistancesfrom the binding 1, the weakenedline ofthe top or original record leaf 6being'spaced at *the greatest distance from the binding, while theweakened lines of the underlying record leaves are spaced atprogressively shorterdistances from said binding.

This arrangement of the severance lines .l1 and ofgthe blank forms andtheifree ends. of the record leaves, provides heading-spaces I8 ofvary-I mg: lengths at the tops of. the blank forms,' and similar-spaceslfl'atthe bottomsides of the blank forms. -,.For. convenience, bothofthespaces l8 and" 15 or; the record leaves are referred to as headings orheading spaces The heading spaces 18-} or'fthetop, or original recordleaf is 'jordinan y.}Lsumciently large to contain all of the printed.matter usually applied to such headings, but:thei headingspaces of someof the underlying'j'sheets such, for, example, as that'ofqthe lowermostrecord leaf, will ordinarily be "too narrow to accommodate such heading,data. Qonsequently the heading data .(oi part fof it) for, some of ,thelower. leaves maybe transferred to ltl'ije heading spaces I9. Thisarrangement elearly'shown .in Fig. 3, in whichthefheadi'ng "I81 of, thelowermost leaf, is relatively liar.-

fhile the heading space l9 of thisleaf 'is elyilargafl With, theimproved construction and arrangenientfgof the record and transfer jleaves, of, the assemblyfas'above set forth, it willbe seen thatinscriptions made upon the'top vor original, record leawillbetransferred to the appropriatefspaces offthefblank forms IA oftheunderlying or copy rec'ord'leaves; When certain data has beenenteredin this manner, it is often desirable. in

.n umerousffbusiness transactions to attachjthe assemblytoanother recordsheet or recordlas sembly so. as to supply the supplementary data, andto,provide for the entry of additional data on the. attachediassembly at alater time. Thus the'manifolding assembly serves as an auxiliaryassembly to ,be used in conjunction with other recordidevices to whichit is desirable to attach it. For this purpose the attaching extensionsI I together-with the adhesive l2 thereof form a very-convenient meansfor effecting such attachment. -When it is desired to attach theauxiliary assemblyin'position, the adhesive l2 (ordinarily dry) may bemoistened to render it adhesive, whereupon'the assembly can beconveniently attached in'position. Sometimes it ,is" desirable toattach, the complete assembly by merely moistenin'g'the attachingextension ll of the uppermost oro'riginalj record leaf 6, leaving theothers free from suchfattachment. Then when theadditionalforsupplementary data isentered on the auxiliaryassembly, thepart thereof that is'un- :ajttachedjcanjbe separated merely by severanceof. theori'ginal record leaf along the weakeried severance linenthereof. This leaves the top ,or

or g n'al record leaf attached in position on the seam be desirable toseparate the record leaves from the assembly before attaching them tothe main or master forms. In such a case all of the attaching extensionscan be quickly and easily moistened at the same time and simultaneouslysevered from the assembly along the severance lines I! by grasping themat the selective grip formation provided by extending the attachingextensions H beyond the free ends of the transfer leaves. Thus therecord leaves are g ped at the selective grip formations at the spacesI3 thereof free from adhesive material so as to avoid soiling thefingers.

It will be noted that the distances between the respective severancelines I1 and the free ends of the record leaves, including the attachingextensions H, are all substantially the same. This provides overalllengths of all of the record leaves that are substantially'the same.When the record leaves have been detached from the assembly in anymanner, as above suggested, it willbe noticed that the transfer leaves 8will remain attached to the assembly. Thus the record leaves areseparated from interleaved relation with the transfer leaves. In makingthe improved assembly, the adhesive coating l2 can be very easily andinexpensively applied in a single coating operation due to the shingledrelation of the free ends of the record leaves.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction anddifferent embodiments of the invention could be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a manifolding assembly, in combination, a plurality of recordleaves arranged in superposed manifolding relation and bound in theassembly substantially at a marginal portion thereof, at least onetransfer leaf positioned in manifolding transfer relation with saidrecord leaves and bound in the assembly, said record leaves havingweakened severance lines for severance thereof from the assembly, saidrecord leaves respectively having free marginal portions remote from thebound marginal portions thereof, an attaching extension at said freemarginal portion of the said record leaf which is positionedat the topof the assembly. said attaching extension projecting beyond the adjacentedge of the transfer leaf and forming a selective grip for said toprecord leaf, said attaching extension projecting also beyond theadjacent free edge of the underlying record leaf, and a coat of adhesiveexposed on the back side of said attaching extension and beingdiscontinuous at said selective grip.

2. In a manifolding assembly, in combination,

'oriir'a different class of transactions, it may "nons tnereor;attac ina-plufali't' 'of-recordlea'ves arranged i manifold ng-relation and-boundH V s bstantia'lly at a mer in portion tnereorgatieast s e transfer leafpositioned in manifolding trans- "ferrelati'on with said "rd leaves'andbouna i n sse'rnbly, said rec'ord 'leaves naving weak record fac'essubstantially '-aligried "dep'tliwi theassembly forfreceivifig-the nsrecord l'eaves respectively having-free i marginal portion remote fromthe bound 'ma a1 par: tensionso ord leavesrespectivelyon said freemarginalp'ortionsthereof and extending beyond the adjacent edge of thesaid transfer leaf, said attaching extensions projecting one beyondanother in .j shingled relation, and a coat of adhesive exposed,downwardly on the back side of each of said attaching extensions. I

3. In a manifolding assembly, in combination,

a plurality of record leaves arranged in super-u posed manifoldingrelation and bound in the assembly substantially at a marginal portionthereof, at least one transfer leaf positioned in mani folding transferrelation with said record leaves and bound in the assembly, said recordleaves having weakened severance lines for severance thereof from theassembly and having blankforms at their record faces substantiallyaligned depthwise of the assembly for receivingv theinscriptions, saidrecord leaves respectively having free marginal portions, remote fromthe bound marginal portions thereof, attaching extensions on said recordleaves respectively on 'said free marginal portions thereof andextending beyond the adjacent edge of the said transfer leaf, saidattaching extensions projecting one beyond another in shingled relation,and a coat of adhesive exposed downwardly on the back side of each ofsaid attaching extensions, said adhesive coatings being discontinuous oneach of said attaching extensions at points outside of the adjacent edgeof said transfer leaf to provide selective grip formations.

4. In a manifolding assembly, in combination, a plurality of recordleaves arranged in superposed manifolding relation and bound in theassembly substantially at a marginal portion thereof, at least onetransfer leaf positioned in manifolding transfer relation with saidrecord leaves and bound in the assembly,said record leaves havingweakened severance lines for severance thereof from the assembly andhaving blank forms at their record faces substantially aligned depthwiseof the assembly for receiving the inscriptions, said record leavesrespectively having free marginal portions remote from the boundmarginal portions thereof, attaching extensions on said record leavesrespectively on said free marginal portions thereof and extending beyondthe adjacent edge of the said transfer leaf, said attaching extensionsprojecting one beyond another in shingled relation, a coat of adhesiveexposed downwardly on the back side of each of said attachingextensions, said record leaf severance lines being offset from eachother so as to provide record leaves of substantially the same overalllength, and said record leaves respectively having heading spaces ofdifferent lengths at the opposite sides of the blank forms thereof.

5. In a manifolding assembly, in combination, a plurality of recordleaves arranged in superposed manifolding relation and bound in theasveranceflines 'rorf severan e thereof from sser'nbly and 'havi blank 1forms at th'eir of s semb yrsubsta t l a ama sipqrtionfiheretheadjacent;

of; at e -one? r n ienlsa p n d Dime?? ifolding transfer relation withsaidreeor d leaves a b undw n: e a se ly I a Said saqrdelee vin w akeeqs-seve an ei si .f v ivsl ye 'an e .thereof-irom the, ,asse r-nh1y:and having blank forms; at'their record iaces substantially aligned"dep wi rothesas mhl f d ap e ri r n Said e d Jee e esp i elx; h Y Krfl'marginal portions ,remotegi-from the bound amaz =gina1 xportionsthereofg attaching extensions; on

said record leaves respectively zongsaid free mar.- ginal;, portionsthereofaandsextending beyond-the edge 0f the; said transfen ieaf g saidassa-134 attaching extensions projecting, one beyond another in shingledrelation, .21 eoatof adhesive ex? posed downwardly on thevback side ofveach of said attaching extensions, said adhesive coatings beingdiscontinuous on each of said attaching extensions at points outside ofthe adjacent edge of said transfer leaf to provide se lective'griprermations, said record leaf severance lines being offset from eachother so as to provide} record leaves of substantially'the same overallglength, and said record-leaves respectively havingJhead-,- ing spacesof different lengths at the opposite sides of the blank forms ther eof.v .7

' WILLIAM G. STONE.

